Submitted by big_macaroons t3_yih28w in todayilearned
Oh thank god...civilization!
Dies next to sculpture in the middle of nowhere.
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said: “Six small and crackling speakers of plastic
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered ipod lies, whose scroll wheel,
And cracked screen, and battery of little charge,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
“Our name is Toto, band of bands:
Listen on our works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that pocket-sized wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Gonna take a lot to drag me awaaaaaay from youuuuuu
That is frickin brilliant
If Toto's classic "Africa" plays on a loop in the desert but nobody is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?
Yes because I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation 🤔
I bet she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
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I'd be shocked if it were working 4 days later
I sort of expected some kind of weather-proofing... nope, it's an iPod with some shitty solar pads and a couple pairs of $20 computer speakers all on Ikea-quality-looking pedestals.
Just imagine you're lost in the desert. You find a sign of life. You can hear music. You get excited and rush up only to find an mp3 player and some speakers playing Africa on loop.
I think I’ve had that dream before
Lol, 24 hrs tops. Wires just hanging there.
Putting a song about blessed African rains on permanent loop in the middle of an African desert is some next-level shade-throwing.
The desert wishes it had shade thrown on it
I drought the locals have a problem with it
They have a very dry sense of humor!
it's for sure been buried by sand by now.
OK,why do that?
Lions get bored too
Lions are going to destroy that thing after a night of not being able to sleep due to the same stupid song on loop.
Yeah but they wont be bored
A perfect DJ doesn't exis..
Did he bless the rains tho
I remember walking down an empty street once at 3am and hearing Guru Josh's Infinity playing from somewhere in a huge construction site...that was the most surreal experience, but I feel like hearing Africa on loop in the middle of an African desert would be like that times 1000!
Is Toto getting paid royalties if no one is there to listen?
This could be a great start to a horror movie
Sounds like much Toto about nothing
Why did he use such a shitty setup tho
Then it rained
Stumbling accross it must felt like some videogame easter egg putted by the dev for no reason. I imagine someone trying to figure out the why and how and moving the speakers or something to clear the riddle as if some chest or door will magically appear.
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So you can litter and call it art? Reminds me of the artist who literally starved a chained dog for his “art.”
I bet he just packed up his iPod and speakers after taking all the press photos and videos. “The idea is the art, man.”
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adjective
extremely unpleasant
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Quelchie t1_iuit778 wrote
Imagine being lost in the desert and this is what you stumble across